Excel into SQL Server with Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0

Question

I\'m getting the following error when trying to open an Excel file in SQL Server 2008 r2 64-bit:

Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
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Answer 1

As Philip has said...first check the execution of xp_cmdshell. If it is not running due to permission issue then first reconfigure this option by running

SP_CONFIGURE 'XP_CMDSHELL',1
GO             
RECONFIGURE

after this run following command to enable linked server permissions for InProcess capabilities for ACE driver :

USE [master]
GO
EXEC master . dbo. sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' , N'AllowInProcess' , 1
GO

EXEC master . dbo. sp_MSset_oledb_prop N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' , N'DynamicParameters' , 1
GO

Now run this series of commands :

sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO
sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1
GO
RECONFIGURE

if error encountered then run each command separately. And finally run import all your excel data to SQL server by running the below mentioned command :

SELECT * INTO TargetTableName FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0',
                         'Excel 12.0;Database=FilePath\fileName.xlsx;HDR=YES',
                         'SELECT * FROM [sheetName$]')

Remember that in case of xls you have to use Jet Driver instead of ACE. And also the TargetTableName must not be existing prior to running this query. Happy coding :)